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What if wishing on a shooting star actually grants wishes and the only reason it's commonly believed to be superstition is because nobody has actually seen a shooting star we've only seen crashing rocks? ๐Ÿค”

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[โ€“] Willy 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

um. since your playing loose with definitions, every star is shooting to somewhere.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

How many of them have guns? ๐Ÿ˜Œ

[โ€“] Willy 4 points 3 months ago

Alec Baldwin?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

::: spoiler Is 8% the speed of light "shooting" enough for ya? :)

cue the Jiminy Cricket dubbed sound clip in your head

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Have you considered the possibility that the wishes are always granted, but that it takes so long that people forget they even had that wish?